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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a fight between the British Soldiersadn the colonists. Five colonists got shot by the British soldiers. This event also led to a lot of anger in the colon. The colonists were throwing stuff adn the British soldiers were firing their weapons at the colonists. -
Louisianna Purchase
President Thomas Jefferson purchased Louisianna which at that time was 530 million acres. Jefferson bought all of that land for 15 million dollars which rounds to about 3 cents an acre. (McDougal-Littel, Page 344-346) -
Trail of Tears
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Donner Party
The donner party is important to the history of the US because it showed how much risk people were willing to go through in order to start a new life out west. The donner party took what they thought was a short cut, and they got stuck in five foot of snow, leaving them trapped and without food. It was said that they turned into canables and ate other people in their party.(history.com) april 1 1846 -
California gold rush
Many people moved out west because they found there was gold. Once one person made a forune, the word spread and soon everybody was out in california. Not all people found gold, however. (McDowell LIttell pg. 439) -
Elvis's Death
Elvis Died on August 16th, 1977 due to a heart attack. He was pronounced dead at 3:30 pm at Baptist Memorial Hospital. His friend, Ginger Alden, stopped by his house midafternoon on August 16th, 1977 and found him unconscious laying in the bathroom floor. Some insane people said that they have allegedly seen Elvis since his death. Some people also have theories that he faked his death. -
MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!
When I came out unto the world! -
Manhiem twp. girl stabbed by ex.
A fifteen year old Manheim twp. Student was stabbed 5+ times by her former boyfriend while in a park. The 16 year old guy who stabbed her is in Lancaster County Jail for attempted murder and assault without bail. The perpetrator says he doesn’t remember why he did it and that he blacked out while he was running away from the cops. -
Brown vs. the board of education
The brown vs. the board of education trial happened in the early 1950’s. There were five school segregation cases in Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington D.C. The brown part of the name was from a seven year old African American girl from Topeka, Kansas, named Linda Brown. She lived within minutes of a school for white children but had to go across town to the black children’s school. The supreme court decided that segregation violated the fourteenth amendment stating that
